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The Arts June 4, 2008
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Let There Be LIGHT
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      O ne of the simplest ways to set the stage and change the look and tone of your rooms is to install different lighting fixtures.
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Lightship Basket Museum Opens New Season With New Director
by Mary Lancaster Independent Writer
      Lynnette Mautner, the new director of the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum, is no stranger to the island, having summered here since 1954 and been a part of the local art scene for several years.
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Vietnam veteran Merson speaks out on war horrors
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Island resident and author, John Merson, was 22 years old when he was sent to Vietnam to fight. Now, at the age of 64, Merson has written "War Lessons: How I Fought To Be A Hero and Learned That War Is Terror," published last month by North Atlantic Books, a division of Random House.
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for the ARTS record
      ARTS COUNCIL'S SUMMER CONCERTS BEGIN On Sunday, June 8 the Nantucket Arts Council will kick off its summer concerts with a Chamber Concert performed by Heng-Jin Park on piano, Paris Ellsworth on violin and Jonah Ellsworth on cello.
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TIPTOEING THROUGH THE TULIPS
      While Memorial Day weekend could be the harbinger of summertime activities to come, for me it might as well be the sound of a starting pistol being fired, signally the start of the outdoor planting season.
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Identify This
Georgen Gilliam Charnes
      The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections, and may be one we cannot identify, wish for more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for v...
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The Cellar Master Speaks
by Peter A. Sutters Jr.
      It is Saturday night and you are seated at the finest table in one of Nantucket's many restaurants. Sitting across from you is your date, whom you have asked out for the first time. You want to make a good impression and hope you have done so, by picking out your best outfit and the best place yo...
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